Practices

This article is about a hunting tool. For the Haumesser, especially known in Austria, see Hippe .

Practice with wheel lock pistol

The Praxe is a historical tool for foliage snowing lung and Zerwirken of wild in hunting.

description

The praxe is a large and wide knife similar to the Hippe , blade length up to 40 cm and blade height up to 10 cm, which hunters used to cut large pieces of meat and to serve when eating the meat. The practice has no point on the blade, so it is a pure cutting tool. In many cases the practice was also used as a stand guard .

literature

• Heinrich Müller / Hartmund Kolling, European cutting and stabbing weapons , ISBN 978-3-327-00041-0

Web links

• Practices in the Weapons Collectors Board of Trustees
• Technical terms of edged weapons from Gerhard Seifert (PDF file; 1.26 MB)